Guggenheim Partners Windy City Open 2015

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The 2015 Guggenheim Partners Windy City Open was held from February 24 to March 4, 2015 in Chicago , Illinois , United States . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2014/15 and belonged to the World Series category . The women's squash tournament was part of the WSA World Tour 2014/15 and belonged to the World Series category .

The defending champions were Grégory Gaultier for the men and Laura Massaro for the women. Gaultier lost in the semifinals to Nick Matthew , who was victorious in the final with 11: 7, 11: 2 and 11: 7 against Mohamed Elshorbagy . Laura Massaro was eliminated in the round of 16 against Emma Beddoes . In the final the two top seeded Nicol David and Raneem El Weleily met . El Weleily won the game with 14:16, 12:10, 11: 7 and 11: 7.

The field of participants in the men's and women's competition consisted of 32 players each, eight of which were starting places for qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Chris Hanson in the men's and Olivia Blatchford a spot in the main draw for the ladies.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize money for the men and women was US $ 150,000 each.

Men's
round	Points	Prize money
victory	2625	$ 23,625
final	1725	$ 15,525
Semifinals	1050	$ 9,450
Quarter finals	640	$ 5,740
Round of 16	375	$ 3,375
First round	190	$ 1,690

Men's

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Mohamed Elshorbagy final 02.  Grégory Gaultier Semifinals 03.  Amr Shabana Round of 16 04th  Nick Matthew victory

No. player Round reached 05.  Peter Barker Quarter finals 06th  Tarek Momen Quarter finals 07th  Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Round of 16 08th.  Omar Mosaad Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	3	10	11	13
	F. Dessouki	9	11	12	7th	11			1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	4th	1	11	11
	S. Ghosal	11	4th	11	11	13				S. Ghosal	5	11	11	5	7th
	M. Lee	5	11	8th	13	11												1	Mo. Elshorbagy	11	11	14th
	N. Muller	9	11	11	11													6th	T. Momen	7th	9	12
Q	OA Meguid	11	3	5	9					N. Muller	6th	12	7th	8th
Q	A. Clyne	5	6th	11	9				6th	T. Momen	11	10	11	11
6th	T. Momen	11	11	7th	11																						1	Mo. Elshorbagy	12	11	11
7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	11	11	9	11																							Ma. Elshorbagy	10	8th	4th
Q	Z. Mohamed	7th	8th	11	4th				7th	M. Á. Rodríguez	7th	11	11	9	4th
Q	G. Marche	5	1	11	5					KA Gawad	11	5	9	11	11
	KA Gawad	11	11	8th	11														KA Gawad	10	11	11	7th	9
	Ma. Elshorbagy	6th	12	11	11														Ma. Elshorbagy	12	7th	5	11	11
	M. Castagnet	11	10	7th	5					Ma. Elshorbagy	11	7th
	C. Simpson	6th	6th	8th					3	A. Shabana	7th	2	r
3	A. Shabana	11	11	11																																1	Mo. Elshorbagy	7th	2	7th
4th	N. Matthew	11	11	13																																4th	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	B. Golan	9	6th	11					4th	N. Matthew	11	11	11
	D. Selby	11	11	11						D. Selby	8th	9	9
WC	C. Hanson	6th	4th	2														4th	N. Matthew	11	11	11
Q	C. Salazar	9	11	8th	5													5	P. Barker	6th	8th	5
	J. Willstrop	11	8th	11	11					J. Willstrop	6th	11	4th	11	6th
	S. Coppinger	11	12	6th	3				5	P. Barker	11	9	11	8th	11
5	P. Barker	6th	14th	11	11																						4th	N. Matthew	11	9	11	11
8th	O. Mosaad	7th	11	12	13																						2	G. Gaultier	7th	11	6th	5
	S. Rösner	11	8th	10	11				8th	O. Mosaad	11	11	11
Q	M. Abouelghar	11	3	5						A. Walker	5	6th	7th
	A. Walker	13	11	11														8th	O. Mosaad	5	6th	12
	C. Pilley	11	11	11														2	G. Gaultier	11	11	14th
Q	G. Lobban	4th	3	9						C. Pilley	6th	6th	6th
Q	H. Mustonen	1	1	4th					2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11
2	G. Gaultier	11	11	11

Ladies

Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Nicol David final 02.  Raneem El Weleily victory 03.  Laura Massaro Round of 16 04th  Nour El Sherbini Quarter finals 05.  Alison Waters Quarter finals 06th  Camille Serme Semifinals 07th  Low Wee Wern Quarter finals 08th.  Nour El Tayeb Semifinals

No. player Round reached 09.  Omneya Abdel Kawy Round of 16 10.  Annie Au Round of 16 11.  Rachael Grinham Round of 16 12.  Dipika Pallikal 1 round 13.  Madeline Perry Round of 16 14th  Sarah-Jane Perry Round of 16 15th  Nouran Gohar 1 round 16.  Emma Beddoes Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round									Round of 16									Quarter finals									Semifinals									final
1	N. David	11	11	12
WC	O. Blatchford	3	6th	10					1	N. David	11	11	11
Q	H. El Torky	11	11	5	11				Q	H. El Torky	5	4th	7th
12	D. Pallikal	9	9	11	6th													1	N. David	12	12	11
15th	N. Gohar	11	9	9	6th													5	A. Waters	10	10	6th
Q	V. Lust	7th	11	11	11				Q	V. Lust	11	5	4th
	N. Grinham	10	3	10					5	A. Waters	13	11	11
5	A. Waters	12	11	12																							1	N. David	11	13	12
8th	N. El Tayeb	11	11	12																							8th	N. El Tayeb	9	11	10
	J. Chinappa	8th	3	10					8th	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11
Q	S. Teran								13	M. Perry	6th	7th	9
13	M. Perry	w.	O.															8th	N. El Tayeb	11	11	11
10	A. Au	12	11	8th	11													4th	N. El Sherbini	7th	9	4th
	J. Duncalf	10	4th	11	8th				10	A. Au	6th	4th	11	8th
Q	A. Landers-Murphy	1	4th	7th					4th	N. El Sherbini	11	11	8th	11
4th	N. El Sherbini	11	11	11																																1	N. David	16	10	7th	7th
3	L. Massaro	7th	11	11	13																															2	R. El Weleily	14th	12	11	11
Q	D. Arnold	11	5	6th	11				3	L. Massaro	11	7th	11	10	7th
OLD	S. Hany	0	r						16	E. Beddoes	6th	11	7th	12	11
16	E. Beddoes	4th																16	E. Beddoes	4th	2	5
14th	S.-J. Perry	11	11	11														6th	C. Serme	11	11	11
	N. Fernandes	6th	6th	7th					14th	S.-J. Perry	9	13	6th	5
Q	S. Cornett	6th	5	3					6th	C. Serme	11	11	11	11
6th	C. Serme	11	11	11																							6th	C. Serme	8th	11	11	9	3
7th	L. Wee Wern	11	9	12	11																						2	R. El Weleily	11	8th	8th	11	11
	H. Mohamed	8th	11	10	6th				7th	L. Wee Wern	7th	11	3	11	11
	J. Chan	6th	11	13	6th				11	R. Grinham	11	2	11	9	6th
11	R. Grinham	11	2	15th	11													7th	L. Wee Wern	11	6th	3	9
9	OA Kawy	11	11	10	11													2	R. El Weleily	9	11	11	11
Q	T. Evans	5	7th	12	8th				9	OA Kawy	7th	11	9	8th
Q	L. Hansen	3	5	3					2	R. El Weleily	11	7th	11	11
2	R. El Weleily	11	11	11

Web links

• Tournament site on psaworldtour.com (English)
• Reporting on squashsite.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World series Prize Money ( Memento from December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 605 kB)